Science Fiction Films
with Interesting Takes on Women

Women-Only Worlds and Female-Dominated Societies

Cat Women on the Moon (1954) Plot
Queen of Outer Space (1958) Poster & Plot
In Like Flint (1967) Plot
Last Exit to Earth (1996) REVIEW

Dystopias with Feminist Slant/ Comment

Born in Flames (1982, Lizzie Borden) Plot
The Handmaid's Tale (1985) Internet Movoie Database | Review | Study Guide for Reading the Novel | Essay on the Novel

Women as Machines/ Robots/ Androids

Essay on Engendering Machines

Metropolis (1926 Fritz Lang)
The Perfect Woman (1949) Plot
Stepford Wives (1975) Plot
Blade Runner (1982)
Cherry 2000 (1988)
Eve of Destruction (Duncan Gibbins 1991) Internet Movie Database | Review
Alien Resurrection (Jean-Pierre Jeunet1997)

SF Films with Female Heroes

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958/ 1995) Poster & Plot
Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979) Review
The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) Plot
Aliens (James Cameron, 1987)
Terminator II ( James Cameron, 1991) Review
Alien 3 (David Fincher 1992) Review
Tank Girl (1995) Plot/Review
Alien Resurrection (Jean-Pierre Jeunet1997)
Contact (Robert Zemeckis 1997) Review

SF Films with Strong Supporting Female Characters

The Thing (1951)



Strange Days (1996) Review

Sex-Ploitation with Some Redeeming Interest

Devil Girl From Mars/ She Devil from Mars (1957) Poster | Plot | Review
Barbarella Plot | Review | Home Page | Internet Movie Database
Barb Wire (1996) Review

Female Aliens/ Creatures

THEM (1954)
Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979)
Aliens (James Cameron, 1987)
Alien 3 (David Fincher 1992)
Species (1995) Plot/Review
Starship Troopers (Paul Verhoven 1997)
Alien Resurrection (Jean-Pierre Jeunet1997)

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